Gaza is still besieged. Palestine remains occupied. Land theft continues. So do the worst of overall nightmarish conditions.

No relief is in sight. Long denied justice prevails. Last week, Israeli negotiators walked out of Cairo talks. On Monday they returned.

A sham process certain to fail resumed. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said new talks are "the last chance" for a deal.

Egypt's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Sunday. It urged "both sides to exploit this truce to resume indirect negotiations immediately and work towards a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire agreement."

Palestinian delegation head, Azzam Ahmed, said unless Israel participated in good faith without preconditions, his delegation would leave Cairo.

Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups want Israel's siege unconditionally ended. They want political prisoners released. They include PA legislators incarcerated for not being subservient to Israeli interests.

Palestinians want unrestricted movement of people and goods, a seaport to facilitate imports and exports, fishing zones extended, and control over their borders, coastline, air space and resources.

It wants Gaza demilitarized, control over people and goods entering and exiting Gaza, international oversight over construction materials, and PA security forces controlling Gaza and international donor money.

Both sides are locked in impasse. Nothing suggests current talks will change things.

Washington and other Western countries support Israel. The international community is unresponsive to fundamental Palestinian demands. Expect no substantive change ahead.

"Inside this framework, (he believes) it will be easier to deal with (the) Palestinians on bilateral negotiations, which have failed."

He suggests an "Arab Peace Initiative" will fare better. At the same time, Israel won't accept fundamental concessions.

They include unconditionally lifting Gaza's siege, withdrawing from occupied territories, permitting diaspora Palestinians to return, accepting East Jerusalem as Palestine's exclusive capital, and letting Palestinians control their resources, borders, air space and coastal waters within 22% of historic Palestine.

Despite little chance for success, Perry believes "the time has come for Israel to recognize the importance of (change), declare its readiness to begin a discussion on the initiative and take steps to leverage it for local and regional strategic advantages."

For now, both sides remain at impasse. Nothing suggests substantive change. Expect Cairo talks to fail regardless of rhetoric following their conclusion.

Palestinians remain isolated on their own. They have little hope for long denied justice any time in the foreseeable future. Believing otherwise is foolhardy fantasy.

The only good news is a temporary halt in Israeli mass murder and destruction. For how long remains to be seen.

On Sunday, plant spokesman Pavel Brykov said "(d)ue to the irresponsible actions of the Ukrainian army, citizens of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus are exposed to a deadly threat from an ecological disaster on a daily basis, the size of which cannot be predicted."

A shelling incident could cause a toxic nitrochlorobenzene leak. If ingested, it harms the liver, heart and bone marrow causing death.

Western and Ukrainian media suppress information about a potential disaster this grave.

"This issue is under control of the Russian president," he said. "We hope we will be able to agree (on) relief aid deliveries to those who need them as soon as possible."

"Now, our top priority task is to agree on urgent humanitarian aid to the Lugansk and Donetsk regions with the Ukrainian side, with the International Committee of the Red Cross and with international humanitarian organizations within the United Nations system."

So far, aid has not been forthcoming. According to Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

"As soon as we agree and if we agree on all conditions and nuances, then, naturally, the aid will follow immediately, because the tragic humanitarian situation in the region requires an immediate response."

Last week, Russia offered to send an international humanitarian mission with Moscow-supplied aid.

The International Committee of the Red Cross welcomed Russia's proposal.

Washington and rogue Western allies rejected it. They want aid delivered only with Kiev's consent. Otherwise they call doing so "unjustified and illegal."

Uberhawk UN envoy Samantha Power disgraces the office she holds. Her principles are reprehensible and then some.

She blamed Russia irresponsibly for US and Kiev crimes.

She lied saying "any further unilateral intervention by Russia into Ukrainian territory, including one under the guise of providing humanitarian aid, would be completely unacceptable and deeply alarming, and it would be viewed as an invasion of Ukraine."

Fact: Russia didn't invade Ukraine.

Fact: No evidence suggests any intention to do so.

Fact: Power and other US administration officials know it.

Fact: They lie claiming otherwise.

Fact: Russia wants Ukrainian conflict conditions settled equitably.

Fact: Washington, its rogue European allies and Kiev fascists want conflict continued until all freedom fighting resistance is crushed.

Fact: Deplorable humanitarian conditions threaten to worsen.

Fact: Hundreds of thousands of civilian men, women and children are affected.

Fact: So far, no relief is in sight.

Fact: Denying it is official US policy.

It bears repeating. Rogue states operate this way. ?America and Israel commit the worst of high crimes against peace and then some. The pattern repeats with disturbing regularity.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.

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